South Korean legislative election, 2008

9 April 2008

All 299 seats to the National Assembly of South Korea
150 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

46.0%

	Majority party	Minority party	Third party

Leader	Kang Jae-seop	Son Hak-gyu	Lee Hoi-chang
Party	Grand National	United Democratic	Liberty Forward
Leader since	11 July 2006	17 February 2008	1 February 2008
Leader's seat	Daegu Seo-gu	Jongno-gu (lost seat)	Hongseong
Last election	121 seats, 35.8%	152 seats, 38.3% (As Uri) (MDP: 9 seats, 7.1%)	New party
Seats before	112	136	9
Seats won	153	81	18
Seat change	41	55	9
Popular vote	6,421,654	4,313,111	1,173,463
Percentage	37.4%	25.1%	6.8%
Swing	1.6%	20.3%	0.0%

■ - GNP ■ - UDP ■ – LFP ■ – Pro-Park ■ - DLP ■ - CKP
■ - Others

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Legislative elections were held in South Korea on April 9, 2008.^[1] The conservative Grand National Party won 153 of 299 seats while the main opposition United Democratic Party won 81 seats.^[2] This election marked the lowest-ever voter turnout of 46.0%.^[3]

Parties and Coalitions

As of April 9, 2008, there are six political parties represented in the 18th National Assembly of South Korea, in addition to independents:

Grand National Party (한나라당, Hannara-dang), led by Kang Jae-seop. The current major conservative party within the National Assembly. (153 seats won)
United Democratic Party (통합민주당, Tongham Minju-dang), led by Son Hak-gyu. The current major liberal party within the National Assembly. (81 seats won)
- United Democratic Party is now known as Democratic Party (민주당 Minju-dang).
Liberty Forward Party (자유선진당, Jayu Seonjin-dang), led by Lee Hoi-chang. The Chungcheong Region-strongholder and current second conservative party within the National Assembly against the GNP. (18 seats won)
Pro-Park Geun-hye Coalition (친박연대, Chin-bak Yeon-dae), led by Seo Cheong-won, although their inspirational leader is former GNP leader Park Geun-hye. A conservative coalition with Park Geun-hye within the National Assembly that broke away from the GNP after a dispute on the GNP's candidate nomination, which happened just before the election. (14 seats won)
Democratic Labour Party (민주노동당, Minju Nodong-dang), led by Chun Young-se. A minor but the most progressive party within the 18th National Assembly, against both the Grand Nationals and Democrats. (5 seats won)
Renewal of Korea Party (창조한국당, Changjo Hanguk-dang), led by Moon Kook-hyun. A minor but pro-environmental liberal party within the National Assembly, against the Grand Nationals. (3 seats won)
(no seats) The New Progressive Party (진보신당) Jinbo Shin-dang), led by Sim Sang-jeong and Roh Hoe-chan, won 2.94% votes but not enough to gain any seats. The New Progressive Party split from the Democratic Labour Party as a reaction to nationalism after the 2007 presidential elections.

Results

↓
5	81	3	25	18	14	153
D L P	United Democratic Party	C K P	Ind.	L F P	Pro Park	Grand National Party

The national summary of votes and seats by party follow:

**Summary of the 9 April 2008 South Korean National Assembly election results**^[4]
Turnout 46.0%
Parties		Local seats	±	Block seats	±	Constituency votes	%	PR block votes	%	Total seats	±
	Grand National Party (한나라당) (GNP)	131	+31	22	+1	7,478,776	43.45%	6,421,727	37.48%	153	+32
	United Democratic Party² (통합민주당) (UDP)	66	-63	15	-8	4,977,508	28.92%	4,313,645	25.17%	81	-71
	Liberty Forward Party (자유선진당) (LFP)	14	+14	4	+4	984,751	5.72%	1,173,463	6.84%	18	+18
	Pro-Park Coalition (친박연대) (PRO-PARK)	6	+6	8	+8	637,351	3.70%	2,258,750	13.18%	14	+14
	Democratic Labor Party (민주노동당) (DLP)	2	±0	4	-4	583,665	3.39%	973,445	5.68%	5	-5
	Creative Korea Party (창조한국당) (CKP)	1	+1	2	+2	72,803	0.42%	651,993	3.80%	3	+3
	New Progressive Party (진보신당) (NPP)	0	±0	0	±0	229,500	1.33%	504,466	2.94%	0	±0
	Other parties	0	±0	0	±0	341,010	1.98%	834,048	4.83%	0	±0
	Independents	25	+23	—	—	1,907,326	11.08%	—	—	25	+23
Total		245		54		17,212,690	100.0%	17,131,537	100.0%	299

Ideology
	Conservative (GNP, LFP, PRO-PARK)	151	+51	34	+13	9,100,879	52.87%	9,853,940	57.50%	185	+64
	Liberal (UDP, CKP)	67	-67	17	-10	5,050,311	29.34%	7,965,638	27.28%	84	-79
	Progressive (DLP, NPP)	2	±0	4	-4	813,165	4.72%	1477911	8.62%	5	-5
Total		245		54		14,964,354	86.9%	16,297,489	95.1%	299

¹Later changed to Future Hope Alliance.

²Later changed to Democratic Party.

Election results (Total)

Seats prior to the election

Result by region

\|Region	GNP	UDP	LFP	PGH-C	DLP	ROKP	Independent	Total
Seoul	40	7	-	-	-	1	-	48
Busan	11	1	-	1	-	-	5	18
Incheon	9	2	-	-	-	-	1	12
Daegu	8	-	-	3	-	-	1	12
Gwangju	-	7	-	-	-	-	1	8
Daejeon	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	6
Ulsan	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	6
Gangwon-do	3	2	-	-	-	-	3	8
Gyeonggi-do	32	17	-	1	-	-	1	51
South Gyeongsang	13	1	-	-	2	-	1	17
North Gyeongsang	9	-	-	1	-	-	5	15
South Jeolla	-	9	-	-	-	-	3	12
North Jeolla	-	9	-	-	-	-	2	11
South Chungcheong	-	1	8	-	-	-	1	10
North Chungcheong	1	6	1	-	-	-	-	8
Jeju	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3
Proportional representation	22	15	4	8	3	2	-	54
Total	153	81	18	14	5	3	25	299

References

↑ Electoral Calendar- world elections,US elections,presidential election,world parties
↑ Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
↑ Political apathy leads to record-low voter turnout, The Hankyoreh, Retrieved on April 10, 2008
↑ Psephos - Adam Carr. 9 April 2008.

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